Differences in prevalence of urinary incontinence by race/ethnicity

被引:197
作者
Thom, DH
van den Eeden, SK
Ragins, AI
Wassel-Fyr, C
Vittinghof, E
Subak, LL
Brown, JS
机构
[1] Univ Calif San Francisco, Dept Family & Community Med, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA
[2] Univ Calif San Francisco, Dept Biostat & Epidemiol, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA
[3] Univ Calif San Francisco, Dept Obstet Gynecol & Reprod Sci, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA
[4] Kaiser Permanente, Div Res, Oakland, CA USA
关键词
urinary incontinence; epidemiology; ethnic groups; risk; women's health;
D O I
10.1016/S0022-5347(05)00039-X
中图分类号
R5 [内科学]; R69 [泌尿科学(泌尿生殖系疾病)];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Purpose: We compared the prevalence of urinary incontinence by type among white, black, Hispanic and Asian-American women. Materials and Methods: The RRISK is a population based cohort study of 2,109 randomly selected middle-aged and older women. Incontinence and other variables were assessed by self-report questionnaires and in person interviews. Labor and delivery and surgical data were abstracted from medical records archived since 1946. Logistic regression was used to estimate the OR with 95% CIs for incontinence while adjusting for covariates. Results: The age adjusted prevalence of weekly incontinence was highest among Hispanic women, followed by white, black and Asian-American women (36%, 30%, 25% and 19%, respectively, p < 0.001). Type of incontinence also differed among groups, with weekly stress incontinence prevalence being 18%, 15%, 8% and 8% (p < 0.001), and weekly urge incontinence prevalence being 10%, 9%, 14% and 7% (p < 0.001). After adjustment for age, parity, hysterectomy, estrogen use, body mass, menopausal status and diabetes, the risk of stress incontinence remained significantly lower in black (adjusted OR 0.36, 95% CI 0.23-0.57) and Asian-American (adjusted OR 0.54, 95% CI 0.34-0.86) women compared to white women. In contrast, the risk of urge incontinence was similar in black (adjusted OR 1.19, 95% CI 0.79-1.81) and Asian-American (adjusted OR 0.86, 95% CI 0.52-1.43) women compared to white women. Conclusions: Significant differences in the adjusted risk of stress incontinence among Hispanic, white, black and Asian-American women suggest the presence of additional, as yet unrecognized, risk or protective factors for stress incontinence.
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